THE RATIONALIST ASSOCIATION
Charity number: 1096577
Charity reporting is up to date (48 days late)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
We exist to promote rational inquiry in place of doctrine, and to encourage ethical living free from supernatural beliefs. We do our advocacy through publishing via a website and publication of the quarterly print magazine New Humanist.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024
Total income: £196,181
Total expenditure: £254,667
Total income includes £775 from 1 government grant(s)
People
3 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
No information available
Trading
This charity has one or more trading subsidiaries.
Trustee payments
No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- General Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
Who the charity helps:
- The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
- Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England
Governance
Registration history:
- 18 March 2003: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
- NEW HUMANIST (Working name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
3 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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| CLIVE COEN | Chair | 14 July 2014 |
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| Neil Grant Hawkins | Trustee | 21 August 2025 |
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| Andrew James William Copson | Trustee | 21 August 2025 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | 31/12/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £106.50k | £176.83k | £149.35k | £145.70k | £196.18k | |
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Total expenditure | £215.20k | £221.74k | £239.16k | £240.68k | £254.67k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | £775 |
Accounts and annual returns
This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 31 December 2024 | 18 December 2025 | 48 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2024 | 18 December 2025 | 48 days late | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 29 October 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | 29 October 2024 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 24 October 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | 24 October 2023 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 19 October 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | 19 October 2022 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2020 | 25 October 2021 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2020 | 15 December 2021 | 45 days late | Download Open in new window |